"The Israeli government, the IDF (Israeli military), and the Mossad (intelligence agency) have prevented Syria from developing nuclear capability, and they deserve every credit for this", Netanyahu said on Twitter.

In 2008, less than a year after the strike, United States officials accused Syria of having sought to build a secret nuclear reactor and acknowledged Israel destroyed it in the raid.

The military said the F-15s took off from two bases in southern Israel at 10:30 p.m. on September 5, and returned four hours later. Until Wednesday, Israel had neither confirmed nor denied that it bombed the reactor.

Israeli and American intelligence had indicated that Syria's Deir Ezzor site - also known as al-Kibar - housed a gas-cooled, graphite-moderated nuclear reactor capable of manufacturing weapons-grade plutonium, and that it was almost operational when Israel destroyed it under the direction of then-prime minister Ehud Olmert.

Bergman agrees there are similarities between what happened then and Iran's attempts today to embed its forces in Syria.

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Hurns tweeted thanks to the Jaguars for his time with the organization and said he's looking forward to what's next in his career. The Jets have plenty of money available, especially considering how much they had set aside to make a run at Kirk Cousins.

Several months after the strike, the USA announced that intelligence indicated the site was a nuclear reactor with military objective. "Israel's policy has been and remains consistent - to prevent our enemies from arming themselves with nuclear weapons".

Both Iran and Hezbollah are allied with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Tzipi Livni, who was foreign minister at the time of the strike, told The Associated Press that in discussions after Israel discovered the reactor, "we asked ourselves whether Israel can, or is, willing to live with this".

In February, the conflict between Israel and Iran in Syria escalated.

The latest such attacks took place on February 20, when Israeli warplanes bombed a Syrian army facility in central Syria.

A military statement summarising the operation lays out the case for why Israel carried out the strike at the desert site in the Deir Ezzor region of eastern Syria on what it says was a nuclear reactor under construction. The former prime minister explained that from that moment, in March 2007, Israel's political and military echelons began preparing the operational activities, which he described as "unprecedented". He wanted to avoid anything that might back Syria into a corner and force Assad to retaliate.

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Iran agreed to curbs on its nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of a number of sanctions as part of the deal. Netanyahu also spoke over the phone with German Foreign Minister Heiku Maas and congratulated him on his new position.

Indeed, the Pennsylvania map, full of arthritically shaped districts, was considered one of the most gerrymandered in the country. If you're in an optimistic mood, it might suggest that the Supreme Court is becoming less tolerant of blatant gerrymandering.

The 16-year-old victim, who has been identified as Jaelyn Willey, is in ICU at Prince George's Shock Trauma in critical condition. They said the gunman was fatally wounded, but it was not clear whether he was shot by the officer or hit by his own round.

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About 200 students were given by permission by the school to walk out and march for more than two miles before returning to class. The Second Amendment is the right to bear arms, and the 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.

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Be that as it may, Sanchez has uncovered how Wenger was frantic to make him sign another arrangement with the Gunners . On the weights of playing for United, Sanchez stated: "The weight doesn't prevent me, it plays to support me".

Those memos could be fodder for Mueller's probe if he is pursuing potential obstruction of justice by the president. The conservative website Daily Caller reported last month that 13 of the team were registered Democrats.

The lowest remaining seeds are upstart Loyola-Chicago and Syracuse , which rode its 2-3 zone defense to get past Michigan State . Coach Eric Musselman's group is never short on the dramatics, which have made them one of the funnest teams to watch thus far.

He sounded nervous and distraught. "He said he was not sure whether he would be back to his family", his cousin said. We are not like some governments, which conclude that "missing" means "believed to be killed", she said.

The Spartans (30-5) made just 25.8 percent of their field-goal attempts as their frustration mounted against Syracuse's zone. The seventh-seeded Aggies (22-12) did everything they had to do to hand the Tar Heels a rare loss in a home-state NCAA game.

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